put season/episode information in filename

[dbldown768]

Is there any way to record a digital show from OTA and gbpvr make the file with season episode information such as: //Recorded Tv/Family Guy/Season 4/Family Guy - S04E24.ts

[sub]

Sorry, there is nothing built in that will do this. Generally GB-PVR doesnt know this information.

[dbldown768]

what about this http://gbpvr.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Utility/UltraXMLTV , is it still supported? Do i need to have a sql database for it to work?

[McBainUK]

WizRenameRecording?

http://gbpvr.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Utility/WizUtilities

[dbldown768]

WizRenameRecording?

http://gbpvr.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Utility/WizUtilities

Nice! Is there anything special needed to setup the EPG to retrieve this information. As of yesterday I just installed GBPVR and created my EPG following the instructions here: http://mc2xml.110mb.com/#gbpvr

[zehd]

what about this http://gbpvr.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Utility/UltraXMLTV , is it still supported? Do i need to have a sql database for it to work?

Yes Ultra is still supported, and I'm currently working on Version 2.

Version 2 does Season Eps wonderfully, but the renaming component is not working yet. That means you'll see the Season Ep number in the guide, but not in the filename.

I know that Renaming of files is actually what you want. It's what everyone wants ( )

So until the renaming part is finished, recordings are accumulating that are not being renamed...

I'm working on a macro that will rename all those files in one go, so that people can catch up, and then install the Ultra Renaming tool and keep up...

Ultra is designed to work with many XMLTV files including Schedules Direct and mc2xml. Nothing special is needed...

[dbldown768]

sorry for my ignorance, but why does the wiki mention SQLite3VB.dll? Is there some form of sql database require for the application?

[zehd]

sorry for my ignorance, but why does the wiki mention SQLite3VB.dll? Is there some form of sql database require for the application?

Version 1 Ultra used an external dll to access the database.

edit: I get where the confusion...

GB-PVR keeps track of its information, the programmed guide, the list of shows that will be or have been recorded in a sqlite3 database (gbpvr.db3)

In order to rename a file and not have GB-PVR to lose track of it (if the file gets renamed, then GB-PVR will remove the record from its database) a renamer program has to not only rename the file, but adjust the entry in the database. So a Renamer has to be sqlite3 aware...


Many renamers, including ZRename and UltraXMLTV_Renamer (v1) looked into the database, found the title and the sub_title (secondary title) concatenated the text and renamed the file and changed the database pointer to reflect the new name...

Ultra v1 (in a separate process) had already gathered the Season/Ep num and pre-pended it to the sub_title, so when you took "Star Trek" and added it to "S01E01-The Man Trap" (this was already in the databse) you get:

c:\blah blah\Star Trek\Star.Trek-S01E01-The.Man.Trap.mpg, both in file form and in the databse...

Most renamers won't lookup the SeasEp Numb at the same moment as the actual renaming. ZRename tried to do that, and Ultra Version 2 is close to being able to do that...

[dbldown768]

After a while if messing around, i think i got something going here. I was able to update my .xml to contain the season and episode information. I ran a quick record on scrubs because the guide showed this information. I then manually ran the UltraXMLTV Renamer from the command line

Code:

C:\EPG\UltraXMLTV_Enhancer>UltraXMLTV_Renamer.exe C:\Users\Public\Recorded TV\Scrubs\Scrubs_20090317_21302200.ts

This was the output:
3/17/2009 9:37:41 PM : Renamed: Scrubs_20090317_21302200.ts to Scrubs-S01E15-My.Bed.Banter.&.Beyond.ts

Seemed to get the season info, but how can i get it to create the directory structure mentioned above?

[zehd]

After a while if messing around, i think i got something going here. I was able to update my .xml to contain the season and episode information. I ran a quick record on scrubs because the guide showed this information. I then manually ran the UltraXMLTV Renamer from the command line

Code:

C:\EPG\UltraXMLTV_Enhancer>UltraXMLTV_Renamer.exe C:\Users\Public\Recorded TV\Scrubs\Scrubs_20090317_21302200.ts

This was the output:
3/17/2009 9:37:41 PM : Renamed: Scrubs_20090317_21302200.ts to Scrubs-S01E15-My.Bed.Banter.&.Beyond.ts

Seemed to get the season info, but how can i get it to create the directory structure mentioned above?

You can't move and rename a file. That's something I'll be working on.

And BTW, someone else had this problem, don't count using the Renamer manually. It's not really desgined for that...